Portable fence



(No Model.)'

S. K; RAHN.

PORTABLBFENOE No. 252,621. I I Patented Jan. 24,1882.

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UNITED STATES ATENT/ Erica.

SAMUEL K. RAHN, OF VEST ELKTON, OHIO.

PORTABLE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 252,621, dated January 24, 1882.

Application filed November 8, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL K. RAIIN, of West Elkton, Preble county, Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Fences,'0f which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of the main posts; Fig. 2, a perspective view of one of the middle posts, and Fig. 3 an elevation of a panel of complete fence.

The invention pertains to a novel construction of main post, whereby the rail-supports are so formed as not to prevent free access of air to the rail ends, thus greatly guarding against the usual rotting of the rails where they attach to the post; also, to formation of the rail-rests, the brace-loops, the brace-ties, and the stake-loops, whereby the same are formed of a single piece of wire or other suitable flexible material; and, also, to the arrangement of the middle posts, whereby they may be set and the rails attached after the rails are in position.

The main post 38 in Fig.1 is formed of two vertical boards, 1 and 2,unitedand maintained a proper distance apart by the end pieces, 3. The post is set upon a stone to prevent damaging contact with the da mp earth, and braces 4 sustain the post in a vertical position.

The rail-rests 41 consist of light iron supports crossing the space between the two boards of which the post is formed. These iron supports rest in holes, as hereinafter explained, in the boards, and the lapping rail ends resting upon them find contact upon very narrowmetallicsurtaces. Littleornomoisture is retained at these contact-points and decay The rail-supports 41 may of course be formed of separate pieces of iron, and their upper surfaces should be convex, so as to reduce as far as possible the area of contact with the rails. drawings, I form these rail rests of one piece of wire, which is interlaced through holes in the boards; and, furthermore, lcause this same wire to form the brace loops 24 to retain the top ends of the braces, and also to form braceties 42, reaching from the post to the foot of the braces, and also to form stake-loops 25 to receive thebrace-stakes 5. In the erection of As shown in the (No model.)

the fence no nails need be used. In case the brace-ties 42 are not used, the foot of the post shouldbe staked.

The course of the wire in Fig.1 is as follows:

Starting at one end of the wire at 6, where it joins the brace-tie, it passes around a stake, 5,

holes 15 12 13 10 11 8 9, thence across to foot of front brace, through hole 22, then around stake there located, and finally joining tie at 23. In case stake loops 25 are omitted, the stakes should be nailed to thebrace feet, and, if desired, the ties 42 may attach to the stakes instead of to the braces. If loops 23 and 24 are omitted, the tops of the braces should be nailed or otherwise attached to the posts. Should the two tics 42 be dispensed with, or should they be formed otherwise than from continuations of the main wire, the main wire may make but a single course in its stitching through the post instead of double, as shown. While I use iron wire for the continuous string of this post, other materials may obviously be used, and they may be of a metallic or nonmetallic character.

In Fig. 3 is shown a panel'oi the fence, 38 being the main posts; 40,the rails, which may be ofrough ordressedlumber,rawti'mber,orold rails; and 26, the intermediate or middle post, set after the remainder of the fence is erected. It should be here stated that all the wooden parts of this fence may be made of old rails, the neat flat form of upright shown at 1 and 2 in Fig. 1 not beingat all essential.

It is obvious that the post 38 cannot be applied as a middle post after the rails are in place without dismantling the post. For this reason the middlepost, 26, is formed of a single upright, as shown, and the vertical features of the running wire are utilized to form one side of the rail-retaining elements, as clearly shown in the drawings. The wire may be and must be applied after the post is set. The course of the Wire is the same as in the main posts, 30 and 32 being the loops for the bracetops, 35 and 36 the railreceiving elements, and 27 and 37 the braceties. The adaptabilityof the general plan to trellises, &e., as well as fences, is obvious.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a portable fence-post, the combination of two unitcd uprights having a rail-receiving space between them, and a continuous wire stitched through said uprights to form railrests, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination,withhraces andafence post having rail rests formed by "ertical stitches of a continuous Wire, of horizontal stitches of said wire near thetop ofthe postto form loops for the tops of the braces, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combinationnvith braces and a fencepost having rail-rests formed by stitches of a continuous wire, of bottom ties formed by outward prolongation of such wire from the bottom of the post to attachingpoints near the feet of the braces, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination of united uprights 1 and 2, braces 4, stakes 5, and the continuous Wire forming rail-rests 41, braceloops 24, brace-tics 42, and stakc-loops25, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

5. The combination, with main posts 38 and rails 40, supported by said posts, of the perforated middle post, 26, consisting of a single upright, to which the rails are stitched by a continuous wire, substantially as and for the purpose Set forth.

SAMUEL K. RA UN.

Witnesses:

JAMES W. SEE, JonN LORENZ. 

